Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
In the Children's Garden In the Children's Garden Carole Lexa Schaefer Children are welcome at an urban garden where they plant seeds, watch them grow, and enjoy their harvest. OL15221590W
The good food revolution The good food revolution Will Allen Describes the author's early experiences as a sharecropper's son and a KFC executive before building a preeminent urban farm to feed, educate, and employ thousands of at-risk youths. OL16283450W
The Garden Thief The Garden Thief Gertrude Chandler Warner "The Alden children help solve a case surrounding missing vegetables and vandalism in the community garden"-- OL16518077W
The garden The garden Gwendolyn Hooks Lily and her friends volunteer to help at the public garden, where they learn that plants need water, sun, and just like them, time to grow. OL19749779W
The community gardening handbook The community gardening handbook Ben Raskin Community gardens are "cropping" up all over, allowing neighbors to work together, grow together, and reap the delicious rewards of their labor together. As more and more people become interested in … OL19751841W
The community food forest handbook The community food forest handbook Catherine Bukowski "Fueled by the popularity of permaculture and agroecology, community food forests are capturing the imaginations of people in neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the United States. Along with com… OL19754583W
Boston community gardens resource guide Boston community gardens resource guide Boston (Mass. Environment Dept. ...contains information on available services and contacts from relevant city and state agencies as well as other organizations that provide community garden resources... OL24914520W
Jackson Jones and the curse of the outlaw rose Jackson Jones and the curse of the outlaw rose Mary Quattlebaum Jackson Jones can't get away from roses. First his mother got him a plot at Rooter's, a community garden, where Jackson planted a rosebush of thorns and no blooms. Now Mr. K., a fellow gardener, enli… OL2556199W
Jackson Jones and the puddle of thorns Jackson Jones and the puddle of thorns Mary Quattlebaum Nothing but a big mess of trouble and weeds..That's what Jackson Jones thinks of the garden plot his mother gives him for his tenth birthday. What happened to the basketball he's hoped and prayed for… OL2556201W
Jackson Jones and Mission Greentop Jackson Jones and Mission Greentop Mary Quattlebaum Basketball-loving Jackson Jones never wanted any part of Rooter's, the community garden where his mother got him his very own plot for his 10th birthday. But he made the best of it, even planting a t… OL2556203W
El jardín del barrio El jardín del barrio DyAnne DiSalvo Marcy and Miss Rosa start a campaign to clean up an empty lot and turn it into a community garden. OL26441386W
The garden of happiness The garden of happiness Erika Tamar Marisol and her neighbors turn a vacant New York City lot into a lush community garden. OL3232402W
A patch of Eden A patch of Eden H. Patricia Hynes xvii, 185 p., [8] p. of col. plates : 26 cm OL3257047W
Greening the city streets Greening the city streets Barbara A. Huff A photo essay tracing the urban gardening movement in the United States, with a special focus on the Sixth Street and Avenue B Garden in Manhattan. OL4780687W
Guerrilla Gardening Guerrilla Gardening David Tracey The term "guerrilla" may bring to mind a small band of armed soldiers, moving in the dead of night on a stealth mission. In the case of guerrilla gardening, the soldiers are planters, the weapons are… OL8676586W
LOISAIDA LOISAIDA Michela Pasquali First created at the beginning of the 1970's thanks to the initiative of local residents, the Loisaida community gardens, of which there are about 60, stand out as one of the most interesting example… OL9289578W